7 Key facts about Immigration
26 April 2010
Net immigration quadrupled to 237,000 a year between 1997 and 2007.
In 2008 it was 163,000.
3million immigrants have arrived since 1997.
A migrant still arrives every minute
UK must build a new home every six minutes.
England is already,with Holland, the most crowded country in Europe (except Malta) and Immigration will add 7million to the population of England in the next 24 years - that is 7 times the population of Birmingham.
To keep the population of the UK below 70 million, immigration must be reduced by 70% and Government measures so far may reduce it by 12%.